Caterpillar (CAT) Dividends Paid - Common (2009 - 2026)

Caterpillar (CAT) recorded quarterly Dividends Paid - Common of $703.0 million in Q1 2026, little changed quarter-over-quarter from $706.0 million in Q4 2025, and up 4.3% on a YoY basis from $674.0 million in Q1 2025.

Caterpillar (CAT) Dividends Paid - Common (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Caterpillar's Dividends Paid - Common history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $703.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Dividends Paid - Common rose 4.3% year-over-year to $703.0 million; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $2.8 billion (up 3.97% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $2.7 billion, up 3.89% from the prior year.
  • Dividends Paid - Common was $703.0 million for Q1 2026 at Caterpillar, roughly flat from $706.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Dividends Paid - Common ranged from a high of $707.0 million in Q3 2025 to a low of $592.0 million in Q2 2022.
  • Historically, Dividends Paid - Common has averaged $653.0 million across 5 years, with a median of $662.0 million in 2023.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Dividends Paid - Common advanced 6.77% in 2023, then climbed 2.72% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Dividends Paid - Common shows it stood at $620.0 million in 2022, then rose by 6.77% to $662.0 million in 2023, then increased by 2.72% to $680.0 million in 2024, then increased by 3.82% to $706.0 million in 2025, then dropped by 0.42% to $703.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Dividends Paid - Common figures came in at $703.0 million (Q1 2026), $706.0 million (Q4 2025), and $707.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Dividends Paid - Common (Qtr)
1 Caterpillar 397.22 Bn 393.14 Bn 6.11 Bn 703.00 Mn
2 Deere 151.61 Bn 143.71 Bn 13.06 Bn 437.00 Mn
3 Paccar 60.18 Bn 59.49 Bn 1.36 Bn 909.40 Mn
4 Oshkosh 8.00 Bn 7.75 Bn 311.90 Mn 35.60 Mn
5 Terex 5.74 Bn 5.35 Bn 206.00 Mn 19.00 Mn
6 Blue Bird 2.18 Bn 1.91 Bn 70.65 Mn -
7 Alamo 1.82 Bn 1.62 Bn 104.81 Mn 4.09 Mn
8 Lindsay 1.21 Bn 1.02 Bn 42.35 Mn 3.85 Mn
9 Astec Industries 1.14 Bn 1.06 Bn 99.10 Mn 3.00 Mn
10 Hyster-Yale 613.93 Mn 618.23 Mn 124.80 Mn 6.40 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 703.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 703.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 706.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 706.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 707.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 707.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 662.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 662.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 674.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 674.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 680.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 680.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 683.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 683.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 635.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 635.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 648.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 648.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 662.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 662.00 Mn